Disencharm
(Dis`en*charm") v. t. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + charm.] To free from the influence of a
charm or spell; to disenchant. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Disenclose
(Dis`en*close) v. t. See Disinclose.
Disencouragement
(Dis`en*cour"age*ment) n. Discouragement. [Obs.] Spectator.
Disencrese
(Dis`en*crese") v. i. [Pref. dis- + OE. encrese, E. increase.] To decrease. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Disencrese
(Dis`en*crese"), n. Decrease. [Obs.]
Disencumber
(Dis`en*cum"ber) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disencumbered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disencumbering.]
[Pref. dis- + encumber: cf. F. désencombrer.] To free from encumbrance, or from anything which
clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. Owen.
I have disencumbered myself from rhyme.
Dryden. Disencumbrance
(Dis`en*cum"brance) n. Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome
or troublesome. Spectator.
Disendow
(Dis`en*dow") v. t. To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone.
Disendowment
(Dis`en*dow"ment) n. The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
[The] disendowment of the Irish Church.
G. B. Smith. Disenfranchise
(Dis`en*fran"chise) v. t. To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen. — Dis`en*fran"chise*ment
n.
Disengage
(Dis`en*gage") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.] [Pref.
dis- + engage: cf. F. désengager.] To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed,
involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a
party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a
favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed.
Milton.
Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process.
Transl. of Lavoisier. Syn. — To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean.
Disengage
(Dis`en*gage"), v. i. To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.
From a friends's grave how soon we disengage!
Young.
